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What are the eight Chinese cuisines and what are their characteristics?
China has eight major cuisines: Shandong cuisine, Sichuan cuisine, Hunan cuisine, Jiangsu cuisine, Zhejiang cuisine, Guangdong cuisine, Anhui cuisine and Fujian cuisine.

Shandong cuisine is characterized by fragrance, freshness and pure taste. Good at frying, frying, roasting and frying. It pays great attention to materials, and is good at making heavy dishes with high-grade materials such as bird's nest, shark's fin and ginseng, which has a palace aftertaste.

Sichuan cuisine is characterized by sour, sweet, spicy, fragrant, oily and strong flavor. It is inseparable from the three peppers [pepper, pepper, pepper] and fresh ginger. It is famous for its spicy and sour taste, and enjoys the reputation of "one dish is delicious, and all kinds of vegetables are delicious".

Hunan cuisine is characterized by a wide range of materials, strong oil color, mostly Chili and smoked wax as raw materials, and its taste is fragrant, fresh, sour and tender.

Su cuisine is characterized by strong and light taste, crisp and delicious, original flavor, strong but not greasy, mild taste, salty and sweet.

Zhejiang cuisine, characterized by knife cutting, pays attention to freshness, crispness, softness and oil, and maintains its original flavor.

Cantonese cuisine is characterized by exquisite production, diverse colors, novel appearance, diverse materials and light taste.

Anhui cuisine is characterized by simple material selection, heavy firepower, heavy oil color, mellow taste and original flavor.

Fujian cuisine is famous for its beautiful colors and fresh taste.